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Faith is being sure and positive. Hope is expectation and anticipation. Belief is receiving and accepting. Knowledge is acquired information. Wisdom is the applied use of knowledge with understanding. Trust is having confidence in. Searching is seeking to find or discover. Diligence is not giving up, being persistent. Discernment is perceiving and analyzing. Judgment is a conclusion. Reward is an award given for being obedient and mindful in regards to the specific Laws of the Universe. Punishment is a penalty for being disobedient and ignorant for not regarding the specific Laws of the Universe. Truth is Truth and it is what it is. It is that simple and so it is.
What is being baptized with the Holy Spirit and with fire mean as spoken by John the Baptist ?
The Lord's Prayer as an example on how to pray.
Yahusua (Jesus) spoke the following :
Mathew 6 : 9 - 16
"But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut thy door;
pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Be not ye therefore like unto them; for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him."
"After this manner (example) therefore pray ye :
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, they will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts (trespasses/sin),
as we forgive our debtors (those who trespass/sin against us).
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen."
"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
Note : I would like to add something that is also stated in The First Epistle of John :
1 John 1 : 9 "If we confess our sins; He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
This is a reminder that in our own private prayer we must be truthful and confess to the Father (Who is in Heaven) whatever it is we may happen to do wrong that is not in line with the Father's will as we walk along this pathway of life.
Yes, we all are not perfect and we'll eventually stumble somewhere along the way. It doesn't mean it'll go un-punished and we'll pay for it now rather than later i.e. karma / judgment. It does mean we'll be in harmony with the Father (Who is in Heaven) and receive just rewards for remaining faithful and steadfast from now to the end and hereafter.